On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:46:18AM +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: > > I keep getting this error: > > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts > > --report /etc/cron.daily > > > > /bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found > > > > and when I do: > > web:~# dpkg -l anacron > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > > uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > > pn anacron <none> (no description available) > > > > I get this. > > So if I'm not totally off here, someting is running anacron, > > wich isn't installed? > > You're totally off. :) The crontab entry quoted above is malformed; it > looks to me like you or something else has taken a line from > /etc/crontab and copied it straight into another crontab file. However, > /etc/crontab has a special syntax: it has an extra field for the > username, that is "root" above. When you use lines like that in other > crontab files you need to remove the username field. > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Thanks Collin, and the rest of you replying. In my crontab I had added some jobs, and I't looked to me that one of the them was mailformed. I have edited the file and hope that helps, followed what's in man and found some examples on the net. Thanks all. /e-m -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]